Lemonade
Stand
Visit this lemonade stand in cyberspace and learn about the mathmematics
and economics of supply and demand.

MathMagic on
the Web
Travel to the land of MathMagic and learn how students can participate
in these online math activities that range in difficulty from kindergarten
to 12th grade.

MegaConverter
Travel back in time to places where they used talents, konas, okas, and
other ancient measurements. Use this online converter to find out equivalent
weights and measures. Ancient measures are just one of the categories
at this useful site. Others include area, density, energy, force, wind
chill, and many more.

WebMath
Visit the Discovery School and use their great WebMath section. You can
choose from different math subjects and even enter your own math problem
to find a step-by-step tutorial of how to solve that problem.

Mayan
Math
Travel to ancient Mesoamerica and spend time with the Mayans. They developed
their own unique method of mathematics that was centered on a base number
of 20.

NCTM
Illuminations
This Thinkfinity
website, created in conjunction with the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), provides a wealth of resources
designed to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Patterns in Mathematics
Mathematics might be described as the "the science of patterns."
As this site illustrates, however, patterns are much broader—they
can be observed in logic and words as well as numbers. They can be sequential,
spatial, temporal, and even linguistic.

Roman
Numeral Conversion
Visit ancient Rome and learn about their system of notation. Roman numerals
are still used today for a few purposes such as numbering pages and some
dates. The common basic symbols are I (1), V (5), X (10), L (50), C (100),
D (500), and M (1000). From this site, you can easily convert back and
forth from Arabic to Roman numerals.

Tower
of Hanoi
Visit the imaginary Tower of Hanoi. The Tower of Hanoi is really a puzzle
that was invented by the French mathematician Edouard Lucas in 1883. In
looking for a solution, students learn the basics of algorithms.

People To See

The
Abacus: The Art of Calclulating with Beads
Meet the ancient Babylonians who probably developed the first abacus.
This all-encompassing site has excellent information about the history
of the abacus as well as instructions on how to do abacus calculations.
Read about a contest that was held that pitted an abacus expert against
someone with a calculator.

Ask
Dr. Math - Elementary Level
Get to know Dr. Math. He runs a question and answer service for math students
and their teachers. Questions are submitted to him via a web form. Don't
miss the archives of previously asked questions and answers. It is a mathematical
treasure. Ask students some of the same questions submitted to Dr. Math
and then compare their answers to his.

Ask
Dr. Math - Middle School Level
Get to know Dr. Math. He runs a question and answer service for math students
and their teachers. Questions are submitted to him via a web form. Don't
miss the archives of previously asked questions and answers. It is a mathematical
treasure. Ask students some of the same questions submitted to Dr. Math
and then compare their answers to his.

Ask
Dr. Math - High School Level
Get to know Dr. Math. He runs a question and answer service for math students
and their teachers. Questions are submitted to him via a web form. Don't
miss the archives of previously asked questions and answers. It is a mathematical
treasure. Ask students some of the same questions submitted to Dr. Math
and then compare their answers to his.

The Glossary of
Mathematical Mistakes
Meet people who make mathematical mistakes such as advertisers, the media,
reporters, and politicians. You can read about the "Mistake of the Month"
and browse through the archives of great, past math mistakes.

MathStories.com
Hang out with Harry Potter, the Three Little Pigs, and Huckleberry Finn.
This fun site has math story problems based on children's books. You'll
also find seasonal/holiday-related math story problems.

Measurements
Converter
Chat with your favorite student. If they are worried about spending 2
hours doing homework, tell them that 2 hours is only.0833333 days or
.0002282 years or.0000023 centuries. This interactive website converts
not only time, but also volume, speed, temperature, weight, and others.

U.S. Metric
Association (USMA), Inc.
See the people at the US Metric Association. Find out if they're disappointed
that the United States never officially adopted the metric system even
though most of the other countries of the world use it.

Things To Do

21st
Century Problem Solving
Help students gain a logical, consistent approach to problem solving that
applies across the curriculum and at all grade levels.

A+ Math
Help students improve their math skills with interactive flash cards and
math puzzles.

AAA Math
Find 25 different math topics from addition to statistics. Each topic
has its own interactive practice and challange games.

AIMS
Puzzle Corner
The goal of the AIMS Puzzle Corner is to provide teachers with a variety
of interesting puzzles that can be used to create an online mathematical
learning environment.

Cook
Metric
Mix up a batch of Metric Brownies. You'll need 60 ml of butter, 240 ml
of white sugar, and 56 grams of unsweetened chocolate. You'll also need
to find
out what to do if the recipe indicates to bake the brownies at 180
degrees centigrade.

Cool Math 4 Kids
Play Arith-Mattack and see how many math problems you can answer correctly
in 60 seconds. This engaging site has many other online math activities
in a variety of areas.

Family
Corner: Figure This
Print math brochures (in great pdf format) that cover a variety of math
challenges that parents and children can work on at home. These are Many
of the printable challenges are also available in Spanish.

Fibonacci
Numbers and the Golden Section
Fibonacci numbers follow a pattern or sequence where each term is defined as the sum of its two predecessors.
People who like Fibonacci
numbers are serious about those numbers and sometimes join the Fibonacci
Association and read the periodical, The
Fibonacci Quarterly so that they don't miss one iota of current Fibonacci
information.

Free
Worksheets
Need emergency math assignments to leave for a substitute? This site has
thousands of free, printable worksheets. It's part of the SchoolExpress site that also contains many printable puzzles and crosswords.

Math.Com
Send students to get help in many areas such as math practice, test preparation,
study tips, etc. This site calls itself "the next best thing to a great
math teacher." Teachers can find lesson plans and classroom resources.

MathGoodies
Browse through interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles,
message boards, and more. This site has over 400 pages of free math activities
and resources for students, teachers, and parents.

MathMagic
MathMagic provides motivation
for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving
strategies and communications skills. MathMagic posts challenges to trigger each registered
team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog.

MathMastery
Explore this site whose goal is to helpstudents, teachers, and parents
learn, practice, and understand essential math skills.

Pi Trivia
Game
Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The
ratio is the same for all circles and is approximately 3.1416. Use this
site to test your pi knowledge with 25 pi-related questions.

The
Prime Pages
A prime number is a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder
by any integer except itself. The numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and
19 are prime numbers. Have students discover the one hundred largest known
primes.

UBUYACAR
Participate in this problem-solving project where students must calculate
what their annual salary would have to be in order to afford a car.

Venn
Diagrams for Boolean Logic
Whether students realize it or not, they are using Boolean logic when
they search for information in most internet search engines. Help them
understand the process the goes on "behind the scenes" in search engines.

WWW
Unit Converter
Use this interactive site to quickly and easily make conversions for area,
length, density, temperature, volume, speed, etc.